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No. 20: Transit of Mercury
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Transit of Mercury Image taken 7 May 2003 from Lisbon, Portugal, with a 60mm Coronado H-alpha filter and a Mintron video camera. The composition was processed with IRIS and Corel Photopaint. Image credit: Jose Ribeiro |
The planet Mercury will transit the disc of the Sun on Thursday 9 November 2006. The transit will be visible to people on the east coast of Australia and in New Zealand. This will be your last chance to see Mercury transit until 2032!
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